#WarInUkraine
Photo of the day: Women training in Zaporizhzhia region. According to official data, about 42,000 women are currently serving in the Ukrainian Defense Forces, including 5,000 who are directly on the front line.
Photo by @ercinerturk
The EU is set to boost its defense capabilities to counter Russia amid a threatening global environment, according to a draft summit declaration seen by POLITICO.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the prospect of Donald Trump returning as US president next year in Washington — which could lead to less military support for Kyiv — has forced Brussels to rethink its approach to defense.
A Spanish training centre prepares volunteers to fight in Ukraine.
The Catalan-based GOA Tactical offers courses that test candidates' abilities to occupy enemy trenches and withstand highly stressful situations. Experts scrutinise the center's lack of transparency and legality.
The Netherlands is planning to deliver its first F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine at some point in 2024, the country’s defense minister, Kajsa Ollongren, said Tuesday.
Before the jets can be delivered, pilots, crew and technicians all have to be trained to fly and fight in the jets, Ollengren said. She did not give an exact answer on how long the training would last but estimated it would be between six and eight months.
New research has highlighted that Russians are increasingly feeling the pinch and seeing a more gloomy future amid the fallout from the Ukraine invasion.
The Open Minds Insitute (OMI), a research hub focused on disinformation and propaganda, found in a recent poll that around 80% of Russians were worried about their financial wellbeing.
But parts of the population apparently remain resolute.
It was 02:00 on 26 September 2022, when seismic monitoring stations in Denmark, Sweden and Germany registered a weak earth tremor.
A series of explosions had destroyed the Nord Stream pipeline, a central element of Europe's energy infrastructure. Despite state-led and journalistic investigations, who was responsible remains unclear.
Belarus brings in thousands of Ukrainian children to 'Russify' them.
Minsk, with the aid of the Belarusian Red Cross, has brought more than 2,150 minors into its territory since the invasion of Ukraine, claiming to be offering them 'respite'.
Ukraine has made advances behind the Russian defensive network west of Verbove.
For the first time since Ukraine initially breached the line with infantry, two weeks ago Ukrainian vehicles are now in use behind the anti-vehicle ditches and dragons teeth defences.
CNN thinks precision strikes with drones against the #Sudanese#RSF who supported #Russia in its #WarInUkraine are possibly carried out by #Ukrainian special forces, raising the stakes for anyone supporting #russia
"Ukrainian special services were likely behind a series of drone strikes and a ground operation directed against a #Wagner-backed militia near Sudan’s capital, a CNN investigation has found,...."
I had heard about the gold of #Sudan being siphoned off into #Kremlin coffers before from trusted sources some months back. I don't recall the details, but it did not sound like legitimate "trading", rather corruption of #Sudanese officials and the involvement of the military state-sponsored mafia, the #wagnergroup. As #Wagner is also very active in the #WarInUkraine, it is an enemy combatant.
My memory (!) of the details might be wrong, by I saved this as a Wanger op.
Flynn is among the most intelligent and thus most dangerous known players.
"War is a racket."
You know, it has fallen out of fashion to talk about the military-industrial complex.
Looking at how the US "defense" budget has swollen over the past decades, despite soaring government debt, and at the military aid for Ukraine that is mostly bipartisan, it is again cui bono with regard to the #WarInUkraine.
Apart from China, which gains by its two main adversaries weakening each...
Reports in Sweden say that the country’s government is considering sending Swedish-manufactured Gripen jets to the Ukrainians to aid in their fight against Russia – adding another dimension to Nordic and Baltic involvement in the war.
The internationally renowned Gripen jets have capabilities that Ukraine badly needs in its counteroffensive against Russia.
Some western Balkan leaders are growing increasingly frustrated that Ukraine is leapfrogging their countries in the EU accession process, adding further delays to their decades-long efforts to join the bloc.
Brussels has handled Kyiv’s accession bid with record speed since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year.